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<title>ntfs: drop stale page-cache when shrinking a non-resident attr</title>
<updated>2026-07-21T09:48:24+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Namjae Jeon</name>
<email>linkinjeon@kernel.org</email>
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<published>2026-07-13T07:49:57+00:00</published>
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ntfs_non_resident_attr_shrink() shrinks attribute sizes but fails to
trim the page cache. This leaves orphaned dirty folios beyond the new
end of the attribute, leading to writeback failures (-ENOENT), data
loss, and $EA chain corruption.

Fix this by truncating the page cache to the new size immediately after
updating the sizes, preventing writeback from flushing out-of-range folios.

Fixes: 495e90fa3348 ("ntfs: update attrib operations")
Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon &lt;linkinjeon@kernel.org&gt;
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ntfs_non_resident_attr_shrink() shrinks attribute sizes but fails to
trim the page cache. This leaves orphaned dirty folios beyond the new
end of the attribute, leading to writeback failures (-ENOENT), data
loss, and $EA chain corruption.

Fix this by truncating the page cache to the new size immediately after
updating the sizes, preventing writeback from flushing out-of-range folios.

Fixes: 495e90fa3348 ("ntfs: update attrib operations")
Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon &lt;linkinjeon@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>ntfs: harden runlist realloc size calculations</title>
<updated>2026-07-21T09:48:24+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Namjae Jeon</name>
<email>linkinjeon@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-10T05:22:57+00:00</published>
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Add a shared helper to safely convert runlist element counts to byte sizes
using overflow checks, and use it in both ntfs_rl_realloc() and
ntfs_rl_realloc_nofail().

Fixes: 11ccc9107dc4 ("ntfs: update runlist handling and cluster allocator")
Co-developed-by: Alper Mudar &lt;kommandant_alper@proton.me&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alper Mudar &lt;kommandant_alper@proton.me&gt;
Tested-by: Alper Mudar &lt;kommandant_alper@proton.me&gt;
Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon &lt;linkinjeon@kernel.org&gt;
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Add a shared helper to safely convert runlist element counts to byte sizes
using overflow checks, and use it in both ntfs_rl_realloc() and
ntfs_rl_realloc_nofail().

Fixes: 11ccc9107dc4 ("ntfs: update runlist handling and cluster allocator")
Co-developed-by: Alper Mudar &lt;kommandant_alper@proton.me&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alper Mudar &lt;kommandant_alper@proton.me&gt;
Tested-by: Alper Mudar &lt;kommandant_alper@proton.me&gt;
Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon &lt;linkinjeon@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>ntfs: preserve RECALL_ON_OPEN on WSL special-file reparse points</title>
<updated>2026-07-18T01:10:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Namjae Jeon</name>
<email>linkinjeon@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-11T07:36:55+00:00</published>
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When creating a WSL special file (socket, fifo, character or block
device), __ntfs_create() sets FILE_ATTRIBUTE_RECALL_ON_OPEN in ni-&gt;flags
as valid_reparse_data() requires for these tags. This flag is
intentionally absent from $FILE_NAME, so the subsequent reload

        ni-&gt;flags = fn-&gt;file_attributes;

drops it from ni-&gt;flags, the authoritative copy written back to
$STANDARD_INFORMATION. The on-disk file_attributes becomes 0x00000404
instead of 0x00040404, and after a remount valid_reparse_data() rejects
the reparse point while fsck reports "$REPARSE_POINT data is corrupted".

Preserve the RECALL_ON_OPEN bit across the reload. Symlinks do not set
that bit, so they are unaffected.

Fixes: af0db57d4293 ("ntfs: update inode operations")
Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon &lt;linkinjeon@kernel.org&gt;
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When creating a WSL special file (socket, fifo, character or block
device), __ntfs_create() sets FILE_ATTRIBUTE_RECALL_ON_OPEN in ni-&gt;flags
as valid_reparse_data() requires for these tags. This flag is
intentionally absent from $FILE_NAME, so the subsequent reload

        ni-&gt;flags = fn-&gt;file_attributes;

drops it from ni-&gt;flags, the authoritative copy written back to
$STANDARD_INFORMATION. The on-disk file_attributes becomes 0x00000404
instead of 0x00040404, and after a remount valid_reparse_data() rejects
the reparse point while fsck reports "$REPARSE_POINT data is corrupted".

Preserve the RECALL_ON_OPEN bit across the reload. Symlinks do not set
that bit, so they are unaffected.

Fixes: af0db57d4293 ("ntfs: update inode operations")
Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon &lt;linkinjeon@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'ntfs-for-7.2-rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linkinjeon/ntfs</title>
<updated>2026-07-11T01:20:15+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-11T01:20:15+00:00</published>
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Pull ntfs fixes from Namjae Jeon:

 - fix stale runlist element dereferences in MFT writeback and fallocate

 - fix mrec_lock ABBA deadlock in rename

 - prevent userspace modification of NTFS system files

 - avoid inode eviction/writeback self-deadlocks

 - reject malformed resident attributes in non-resident runlist mapping

 - avoid post_write_mst_fixup() on invalid index blocks

 - fix a hole runlist leak in insert-range error handling

 - sanitize directory lookup MFT references from disk

 - fail attribute-list updates after SB_ACTIVE is cleared during
   teardown

* tag 'ntfs-for-7.2-rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linkinjeon/ntfs:
  ntfs: fail attrlist updates when the superblock is inactive
  ntfs: sanitize MFT references returned from ntfs_lookup_inode_by_name()
  ntfs: fix hole runlist memory leak in insert range error path
  ntfs: avoid calling post_write_mst_fixup() for invalid index_block
  ntfs: fix WARN_ON for resident attribute in ntfs_map_runlist_nolock()
  ntfs: avoid self-deadlock during inode eviction
  ntfs: make system files immutable to prevent corruption
  ntfs: fix mrec_lock ABBA deadlock in rename
  ntfs: avoid stale runlist element dereference in fallocate
  ntfs: avoid stale runlist element dereference in MFT writeback
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Pull ntfs fixes from Namjae Jeon:

 - fix stale runlist element dereferences in MFT writeback and fallocate

 - fix mrec_lock ABBA deadlock in rename

 - prevent userspace modification of NTFS system files

 - avoid inode eviction/writeback self-deadlocks

 - reject malformed resident attributes in non-resident runlist mapping

 - avoid post_write_mst_fixup() on invalid index blocks

 - fix a hole runlist leak in insert-range error handling

 - sanitize directory lookup MFT references from disk

 - fail attribute-list updates after SB_ACTIVE is cleared during
   teardown

* tag 'ntfs-for-7.2-rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linkinjeon/ntfs:
  ntfs: fail attrlist updates when the superblock is inactive
  ntfs: sanitize MFT references returned from ntfs_lookup_inode_by_name()
  ntfs: fix hole runlist memory leak in insert range error path
  ntfs: avoid calling post_write_mst_fixup() for invalid index_block
  ntfs: fix WARN_ON for resident attribute in ntfs_map_runlist_nolock()
  ntfs: avoid self-deadlock during inode eviction
  ntfs: make system files immutable to prevent corruption
  ntfs: fix mrec_lock ABBA deadlock in rename
  ntfs: avoid stale runlist element dereference in fallocate
  ntfs: avoid stale runlist element dereference in MFT writeback
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<entry>
<title>ntfs: fail attrlist updates when the superblock is inactive</title>
<updated>2026-07-06T11:27:18+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peiyang He</name>
<email>peiyang_he@smail.nju.edu.cn</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-06T04:00:15+00:00</published>
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generic_shutdown_super() clears SB_ACTIVE before evicting cached inodes.
If eviction selects the fake inode for a base inode's unnamed
$ATTRIBUTE_LIST attribute, ntfs_evict_big_inode() drops the fake inode's
reference on the base inode while the fake inode is still hashed and marked
I_FREEING.

That iput can synchronously write back the base inode. The writeback path
may update mapping pairs and call ntfs_attrlist_update(), which
unconditionally calls ntfs_attr_iget() for the same $ATTRIBUTE_LIST fake
inode. VFS then finds the I_FREEING inode and waits for eviction to finish,
but the current task is still inside that eviction path, causing a
self-deadlock in find_inode().

Fix this by mirroring the teardown guard used by __ntfs_write_inode():
once SB_ACTIVE has been cleared, do not try to iget the attribute-list
fake inode. Return -EIO so teardown aborts the update instead of waiting on
the inode it is evicting.

Reported-by: Peiyang He &lt;peiyang_he@smail.nju.edu.cn&gt;
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/AB8D5E603E6EA856+ae5f622a-dd3a-4e38-bdd2-42276ae0e1a8@smail.nju.edu.cn/
Fixes: 495e90fa3348 ("ntfs: update attrib operations")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Peiyang He &lt;peiyang_he@smail.nju.edu.cn&gt;
Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.5
Reviewed-by: Hyunchul Lee &lt;hyc.lee@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon &lt;linkinjeon@kernel.org&gt;
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generic_shutdown_super() clears SB_ACTIVE before evicting cached inodes.
If eviction selects the fake inode for a base inode's unnamed
$ATTRIBUTE_LIST attribute, ntfs_evict_big_inode() drops the fake inode's
reference on the base inode while the fake inode is still hashed and marked
I_FREEING.

That iput can synchronously write back the base inode. The writeback path
may update mapping pairs and call ntfs_attrlist_update(), which
unconditionally calls ntfs_attr_iget() for the same $ATTRIBUTE_LIST fake
inode. VFS then finds the I_FREEING inode and waits for eviction to finish,
but the current task is still inside that eviction path, causing a
self-deadlock in find_inode().

Fix this by mirroring the teardown guard used by __ntfs_write_inode():
once SB_ACTIVE has been cleared, do not try to iget the attribute-list
fake inode. Return -EIO so teardown aborts the update instead of waiting on
the inode it is evicting.

Reported-by: Peiyang He &lt;peiyang_he@smail.nju.edu.cn&gt;
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/AB8D5E603E6EA856+ae5f622a-dd3a-4e38-bdd2-42276ae0e1a8@smail.nju.edu.cn/
Fixes: 495e90fa3348 ("ntfs: update attrib operations")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Peiyang He &lt;peiyang_he@smail.nju.edu.cn&gt;
Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.5
Reviewed-by: Hyunchul Lee &lt;hyc.lee@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon &lt;linkinjeon@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>ntfs: sanitize MFT references returned from ntfs_lookup_inode_by_name()</title>
<updated>2026-07-06T11:27:16+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Namjae Jeon</name>
<email>linkinjeon@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-06T03:00:00+00:00</published>
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ntfs_lookup_inode_by_name() returns MFT references read from directory
index entries on disk. These values are untrusted, but the function can
currently return an error-marked MFT reference to its callers without
validating it.

Callers later decode lookup failures with MREF_ERR(). A crafted NTFS image
can set the MREF error bit while leaving the low bits as an arbitrary
value, causing callers to consume a bogus pseudo-errno instead of treating
the lookup result as corrupted on-disk metadata.

Fix this at the source by normalizing every error-marked MFT reference
returned from ntfs_lookup_inode_by_name() to ERR_MREF(-EIO). Apply this to
all four directory lookup return paths so every caller gets a validated
result without needing additional checks or an API change.

This keeps the sanitization in the common lookup helper, which is cleaner
than duplicating validation in each caller.

Fixes: 1e9ea7e04472 ("Revert "fs: Remove NTFS classic"")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Hongling Zeng &lt;zenghongling@kylinos.cn&gt;
Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon &lt;linkinjeon@kernel.org&gt;
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ntfs_lookup_inode_by_name() returns MFT references read from directory
index entries on disk. These values are untrusted, but the function can
currently return an error-marked MFT reference to its callers without
validating it.

Callers later decode lookup failures with MREF_ERR(). A crafted NTFS image
can set the MREF error bit while leaving the low bits as an arbitrary
value, causing callers to consume a bogus pseudo-errno instead of treating
the lookup result as corrupted on-disk metadata.

Fix this at the source by normalizing every error-marked MFT reference
returned from ntfs_lookup_inode_by_name() to ERR_MREF(-EIO). Apply this to
all four directory lookup return paths so every caller gets a validated
result without needing additional checks or an API change.

This keeps the sanitization in the common lookup helper, which is cleaner
than duplicating validation in each caller.

Fixes: 1e9ea7e04472 ("Revert "fs: Remove NTFS classic"")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Hongling Zeng &lt;zenghongling@kylinos.cn&gt;
Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon &lt;linkinjeon@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>ntfs: fix hole runlist memory leak in insert range error path</title>
<updated>2026-07-06T11:27:15+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peiyang He</name>
<email>peiyang_he@smail.nju.edu.cn</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-05T11:14:09+00:00</published>
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ntfs_non_resident_attr_insert_range() allocates hole_rl before mapping the
whole runlist. If ntfs_attr_map_whole_runlist() fails, the error path drops
ni-&gt;runlist.lock and returns without freeing hole_rl. This leaks memory
of sizeof(*hole_rl) * 2 bytes.

Fix this memory leak by freeing hole_rl before returning from
that error path, matching the later error paths in the same function.

Fixes: 495e90fa3348 ("ntfs: update attrib operations")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Peiyang He &lt;peiyang_he@smail.nju.edu.cn&gt;
Reviewed-by: Hyunchul Lee &lt;hyc.lee@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon &lt;linkinjeon@kernel.org&gt;
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ntfs_non_resident_attr_insert_range() allocates hole_rl before mapping the
whole runlist. If ntfs_attr_map_whole_runlist() fails, the error path drops
ni-&gt;runlist.lock and returns without freeing hole_rl. This leaks memory
of sizeof(*hole_rl) * 2 bytes.

Fix this memory leak by freeing hole_rl before returning from
that error path, matching the later error paths in the same function.

Fixes: 495e90fa3348 ("ntfs: update attrib operations")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Peiyang He &lt;peiyang_he@smail.nju.edu.cn&gt;
Reviewed-by: Hyunchul Lee &lt;hyc.lee@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon &lt;linkinjeon@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>ntfs: avoid calling post_write_mst_fixup() for invalid index_block</title>
<updated>2026-07-06T11:27:13+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Valeriy Yashnikov</name>
<email>yashnikov.valeriy@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-04T09:38:57+00:00</published>
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ntfs_icx_ib_sync_write() calls post_write_mst_fixup() when ntfs_ib_write()
returns an error, intending to restore the buffer after a failed write.

However, ntfs_ib_write() returns an error immediately if
pre_write_mst_fixup() validation fails. The caller,
ntfs_icx_ib_sync_write(), interprets any error as a write failure
requiring rollback. It does not differentiate between I/O errors and
validation failures, and calls post_write_mst_fixup() anyway.

Since post_write_mst_fixup() assumes that the index_block contents is
correct, it doesn't perform the boundary checks, which results in
out-of-bounds memory access.

An attacker can craft a malicious NTFS image with:
  - large index_block.usa_ofs offset, pointing outside the ntfs_record
  - index_block.usa_count = 0, causing integer underflow
  - or index_block.usa_count larger than actual number of sectors in the
    ntfs_record, causing out-of-bounds access

KASAN reports describing the memory corruption:
  ==================================================================
  BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in post_write_mst_fixup+0x19c/0x1d0
  Read of size 2 at addr ffff8881586c9018 by task p/9428
  Call Trace:
   &lt;TASK&gt;
   dump_stack_lvl+0x100/0x190
   print_report+0x139/0x4ad
   ? post_write_mst_fixup+0x19c/0x1d0
   ? __virt_addr_valid+0x262/0x500
   ? post_write_mst_fixup+0x19c/0x1d0
   kasan_report+0xe4/0x1d0
   ? post_write_mst_fixup+0x19c/0x1d0
   post_write_mst_fixup+0x19c/0x1d0
   ntfs_icx_ib_sync_write+0x179/0x220
   ntfs_inode_sync_filename+0x83d/0x1080
   __ntfs_write_inode+0x1049/0x1480
   ntfs_file_fsync+0x131/0x9b0
  ==================================================================
  BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in post_write_mst_fixup+0x1aa/0x1d0
  Write of size 2 at addr ffff8881586c91fe by task p/9428
  Call Trace:
   &lt;TASK&gt;
   dump_stack_lvl+0x100/0x190
   print_report+0x139/0x4ad
   ? post_write_mst_fixup+0x1aa/0x1d0
   ? __virt_addr_valid+0x262/0x500
   ? post_write_mst_fixup+0x1aa/0x1d0
   kasan_report+0xe4/0x1d0
   ? post_write_mst_fixup+0x1aa/0x1d0
   post_write_mst_fixup+0x1aa/0x1d0
   ntfs_icx_ib_sync_write+0x179/0x220
   ntfs_inode_sync_filename+0x83d/0x1080
   __ntfs_write_inode+0x1049/0x1480
   ntfs_file_fsync+0x131/0x9b0
  ==================================================================

Let's move the post_write_mst_fixup() call to ntfs_ib_write().
The ntfs_ib_write() function calls pre_write_mst_fixup() at the beginning.
If the index_block contents is invalid, pre_write_mst_fixup() fails and
ntfs_ib_write() returns early without calling post_write_mst_fixup() on
bad index_block.

Fixes: 0a8ac0c1fa0b ("ntfs: update directory operations")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Valeriy Yashnikov &lt;yashnikov.valeriy@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Hyunchul Lee &lt;hyc.lee@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon &lt;linkinjeon@kernel.org&gt;
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ntfs_icx_ib_sync_write() calls post_write_mst_fixup() when ntfs_ib_write()
returns an error, intending to restore the buffer after a failed write.

However, ntfs_ib_write() returns an error immediately if
pre_write_mst_fixup() validation fails. The caller,
ntfs_icx_ib_sync_write(), interprets any error as a write failure
requiring rollback. It does not differentiate between I/O errors and
validation failures, and calls post_write_mst_fixup() anyway.

Since post_write_mst_fixup() assumes that the index_block contents is
correct, it doesn't perform the boundary checks, which results in
out-of-bounds memory access.

An attacker can craft a malicious NTFS image with:
  - large index_block.usa_ofs offset, pointing outside the ntfs_record
  - index_block.usa_count = 0, causing integer underflow
  - or index_block.usa_count larger than actual number of sectors in the
    ntfs_record, causing out-of-bounds access

KASAN reports describing the memory corruption:
  ==================================================================
  BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in post_write_mst_fixup+0x19c/0x1d0
  Read of size 2 at addr ffff8881586c9018 by task p/9428
  Call Trace:
   &lt;TASK&gt;
   dump_stack_lvl+0x100/0x190
   print_report+0x139/0x4ad
   ? post_write_mst_fixup+0x19c/0x1d0
   ? __virt_addr_valid+0x262/0x500
   ? post_write_mst_fixup+0x19c/0x1d0
   kasan_report+0xe4/0x1d0
   ? post_write_mst_fixup+0x19c/0x1d0
   post_write_mst_fixup+0x19c/0x1d0
   ntfs_icx_ib_sync_write+0x179/0x220
   ntfs_inode_sync_filename+0x83d/0x1080
   __ntfs_write_inode+0x1049/0x1480
   ntfs_file_fsync+0x131/0x9b0
  ==================================================================
  BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in post_write_mst_fixup+0x1aa/0x1d0
  Write of size 2 at addr ffff8881586c91fe by task p/9428
  Call Trace:
   &lt;TASK&gt;
   dump_stack_lvl+0x100/0x190
   print_report+0x139/0x4ad
   ? post_write_mst_fixup+0x1aa/0x1d0
   ? __virt_addr_valid+0x262/0x500
   ? post_write_mst_fixup+0x1aa/0x1d0
   kasan_report+0xe4/0x1d0
   ? post_write_mst_fixup+0x1aa/0x1d0
   post_write_mst_fixup+0x1aa/0x1d0
   ntfs_icx_ib_sync_write+0x179/0x220
   ntfs_inode_sync_filename+0x83d/0x1080
   __ntfs_write_inode+0x1049/0x1480
   ntfs_file_fsync+0x131/0x9b0
  ==================================================================

Let's move the post_write_mst_fixup() call to ntfs_ib_write().
The ntfs_ib_write() function calls pre_write_mst_fixup() at the beginning.
If the index_block contents is invalid, pre_write_mst_fixup() fails and
ntfs_ib_write() returns early without calling post_write_mst_fixup() on
bad index_block.

Fixes: 0a8ac0c1fa0b ("ntfs: update directory operations")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Valeriy Yashnikov &lt;yashnikov.valeriy@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Hyunchul Lee &lt;hyc.lee@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon &lt;linkinjeon@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>ntfs: fix WARN_ON for resident attribute in ntfs_map_runlist_nolock()</title>
<updated>2026-07-06T11:26:08+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Namjae Jeon</name>
<email>linkinjeon@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-02T01:31:44+00:00</published>
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When ntfs_map_runlist_nolock() needs to look up the attribute extent
containing a target VCN (ctx_needs_reset == true), it calls
ntfs_attr_lookup() and then expects the result to be a non-resident
attribute, since only non-resident attributes have a mapping pairs
array to decompress.

A crafted NTFS image can place a resident attribute where a non-resident
one is expected, causing ntfs_attr_lookup() to succeed but return a
resident attribute record.  Previously this was caught only by a
WARN_ON(), which does not stop execution.  The code then falls through to
read a-&gt;data.non_resident.highest_vcn from what is actually a resident
attribute, accessing the wrong union member and corrupting the VCN range
check.

The caller path triggering this warning during mount is:

  ntfs_map_runlist_nolock
  ntfs_empty_logfile
  load_system_files
  ntfs_fill_super

In this path ctx is NULL, so ntfs_map_runlist_nolock() allocates a
temporary search context internally and sets ctx_needs_reset = true.
The existing resident-attribute guard in the ctx != NULL branch already
returns -EIO silently for the same condition; make the ctx_needs_reset
path consistent by replacing the WARN_ON() with the same -EIO error
return.

This causes the crafted image to be rejected with a mount error instead
of triggering a kernel warning.

Fixes: 495e90fa3348 ("ntfs: update attrib operations")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Sangho Lee &lt;kudo3228@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon &lt;linkinjeon@kernel.org&gt;
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<pre>
When ntfs_map_runlist_nolock() needs to look up the attribute extent
containing a target VCN (ctx_needs_reset == true), it calls
ntfs_attr_lookup() and then expects the result to be a non-resident
attribute, since only non-resident attributes have a mapping pairs
array to decompress.

A crafted NTFS image can place a resident attribute where a non-resident
one is expected, causing ntfs_attr_lookup() to succeed but return a
resident attribute record.  Previously this was caught only by a
WARN_ON(), which does not stop execution.  The code then falls through to
read a-&gt;data.non_resident.highest_vcn from what is actually a resident
attribute, accessing the wrong union member and corrupting the VCN range
check.

The caller path triggering this warning during mount is:

  ntfs_map_runlist_nolock
  ntfs_empty_logfile
  load_system_files
  ntfs_fill_super

In this path ctx is NULL, so ntfs_map_runlist_nolock() allocates a
temporary search context internally and sets ctx_needs_reset = true.
The existing resident-attribute guard in the ctx != NULL branch already
returns -EIO silently for the same condition; make the ctx_needs_reset
path consistent by replacing the WARN_ON() with the same -EIO error
return.

This causes the crafted image to be rejected with a mount error instead
of triggering a kernel warning.

Fixes: 495e90fa3348 ("ntfs: update attrib operations")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Sangho Lee &lt;kudo3228@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon &lt;linkinjeon@kernel.org&gt;
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</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>ntfs: avoid self-deadlock during inode eviction</title>
<updated>2026-07-06T11:26:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Hyunchul Lee</name>
<email>hyc.lee@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-02T05:28:16+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=77dc384207d5fa63ba97c3bf3285fe1215a1cbf6'/>
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An attribute-list update performed while allocating clusters can drop the
last reference to the temporary attribute inode. Evicting that inode
drops its reference to the base inode and can invoke ntfs_drop_big_inode()
for the base inode from within the base inode's own writeback path.

If the base inode is unlinked, ntfs_drop_big_inode() calls
truncate_setsize(), which waits for the inode's folio writeback to
complete. The same writeback worker is responsible for completing that
writeback, so it waits for itself indefinitely.

Prevent this self-deadlock by grabbing a reference to the base inode at the
beginning of ntfs_writepages() and releasing it at the end of the function.
This defers eviction until all bios have been submitted, allowing the wait
for folio writeback to complete safely.

Fixes: b041ca562526 ("ntfs: update iomap and address space operations")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Hyunchul Lee &lt;hyc.lee@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon &lt;linkinjeon@kernel.org&gt;
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An attribute-list update performed while allocating clusters can drop the
last reference to the temporary attribute inode. Evicting that inode
drops its reference to the base inode and can invoke ntfs_drop_big_inode()
for the base inode from within the base inode's own writeback path.

If the base inode is unlinked, ntfs_drop_big_inode() calls
truncate_setsize(), which waits for the inode's folio writeback to
complete. The same writeback worker is responsible for completing that
writeback, so it waits for itself indefinitely.

Prevent this self-deadlock by grabbing a reference to the base inode at the
beginning of ntfs_writepages() and releasing it at the end of the function.
This defers eviction until all bios have been submitted, allowing the wait
for folio writeback to complete safely.

Fixes: b041ca562526 ("ntfs: update iomap and address space operations")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Hyunchul Lee &lt;hyc.lee@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon &lt;linkinjeon@kernel.org&gt;
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</content>
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